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Developing Effective Advocacy Campaigns
Peter PažitnýHealth Policy Institute
Slovakia
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Ideas come and go. Stories stay.
We met at the MOH
We created
the Reform Team
We designed
the reform
2002 2003 2004 2005
We founded
HPI
2006 2007
We founded
HRCWe
founded HMA
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Horse has 4 legs. And stumbles.
think tank
business consulting education academy
financing talents
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Government only as a client
• The independency starts and ends with financing
• We finance our research from business consulting revenues, not from government grants
• Private clients : government clients = 80:20
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In Health Policy. There are 5 means.
Financial risk protection
FINAL GOALS
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES
AccessQualityEfficiency
MEANS
FinancingOrganization
PaymentRegulationPersuasion
Health status
Public Satisfaction
Source: Hsiao, 2007
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Sources of power
Tangible IntangibleMoneyOrganizationPeopleMandates in electionsAdministrative power
InformationAccess to leadersAccess to mediaKnow-howLegitimitySkills
Source: Hsiao, 2007
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Persuasion
• Newsletter IntoBalance
• Access to media
• Periodic Publications
• Conferences
• Access to leaders
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Monthly newsletter
Free on www.hpi.sk
Slovak/English
www.rock-on-rock-on.com
Bill Dan from California proves that finding balance is a real art
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Access to Media
Rank 2EXPERTS chart (68 quotations in opinion making media)
Rank 4EXPERTS chart (64 quotations in opinion making media)
Quarterly we organize „Breakfast for journalists“
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Periodic Publications
• Health Policy Framework 2007 – 2011
• Slovakia 2007Global Report on the State of Society
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Conferences
Health Care Financing
10.4.2008
Risk Selection in Health Insurance
3.6.2008
Rating of Health Insurance Companies
4Q 2008
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Access to leaders
Advisors to Rudolf Zajac,
minister of Health
in Slovakia
Advisors to Ján
Gajdoš, CEO of
HCSA in Slovakia
Advisors to Lajos Molnár,
minister of Health
in Hungary
2004 2005 2006 2007
Advisors to Tomáš Julínek,
minister of Health in
Czech Republic
2008
Advisors to Zsombor Kovácsy, CEO of HCSA
in Hungary
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Our vision
To be the most respected think tank on health policy in Central and Eastern Europe
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Thank you very much for your attention
Tomáš Szalay
Henrieta Maďarová
Angelika Szalayová Peter Pažitný
Founders of Health Policy Institute